Updated October 12, 2015 at 11:59 AM;Posted October 12, 2015 at 11:30 AM

Tom Brady

New England Patriots' Tom Brady (12) on the sideline during the second half of an NFL football game against the Dallas Cowboys, Sunday, Oct. 11, 2015, in Arlington, Texas. The Patriots won 30-6. (AP Photo/Tim Sharp)
(Tim Sharp)

Tom Brady's weekly interview with WEEI's Dennis and Callahan Show went a bit off topic on Monday.

At the 16:00 mark, host Kirk Minihane addressed an article written in Boston Magazine last week on Brady's trainer and TB12 business parter Alex Guerrero, in which Guerrero's unsavory background was unearthed.

According to the article, Guerrero claimed to be a doctor who had found a cure for cancer and AIDS, making millions off medicine he said could cure each disease. He then was investigated by the Federal Trade Commission and sued by the government. The FTC announced a settlement with Guerrero in 2005.

Minihane asked why Brady would go into business with Guerrero assuming Brady knew of Guerrero's past.

At first, Brady said he didn't know the extent of each incident but focused on his relationship with Guerrero as a trainer and preventing injury adding that Guerrero had an "incredible influence in my life."

When Minihane pressed Brady on the details of Guerrero's cure for cancer, Brady used the spot as a way to focus on the healthy lifestyle Guerrero has helped me develop.

I think everything, as it relates to that, is something Alex has had to deal with and he dealt with that. And again, nutritional supplements and FTC regulation, there are a lot of gray areas in that. And I'm someone who does take nutrional supplements. I take a green supplement. I take different supplements to help my body recover from the vigors of the training we do. I try to eat really well. I try to have a clean diet so that I can play and try to prevent inflammation in my body. I do that so I can play for long periods of time. So you may say what you want and a lot of people have opinions on what may work for them. I think what I'm trying to do is communicate to all athletes, young, middle-aged, older athletes, ways that have worked for me and have really proven over the last 10 years to be very sustainable and very holistic approach to taking care of your body so that I can preform. So many players have knee replacements and hip replacements when they're done playing. Concussions, we've treated lots of people with concussions down at TB12 with incredible success. So if any three of you are ever injured and want to come down and check it out you're more than welcome. I think it would be a great education for you. A lot of it is different philosophies and different theories and a lot of people do what's right for them.

Brady spoke for roughly 10 minutes about his training regime, how hard he works and his desire for others to follow a similar approach to preventative maintenance while criticizing Western beliefs and practices in medicine.

"I have tremendous belief in Alex and what he's accomplished with me," Brady added. "In the 10 or 11 years we've been working together, he's never been wrong. I had doctors with the highest and best education in the country tell me I wouldn't be able to play football again. That I would need multiple surgeries on my knee for my staph infection. That I would need a new ACL, a new MCL. That I wouldn't be able to play with my kids when I'm older. Course we go back the next year and win Comeback Player of the Year. The next season we win MVP."